Polls show broad opposition to tying teacher ratings to test scores
A Gallup poll for PDE finds 55 percent oppose linking teacher evaluations to student test results, with 63 percent of public school parents opposing. The survey notes strong concerns about overreliance on tests, calls for broader evaluation factors, and wide variation in views on opt outs and Common Core.
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Phi Delta Kappa International
Association For Educators
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Starr
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New York
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Senate
PDE/Gallup
National Zoo panda births twins wow fans hopeful
The National Zoo reports its adult female panda Mei Xiang gave birth to twin cubs five hours apart on Saturday. The newborns, weighing three to five ounces, are kept in an incubator and will be alternately nursed and bottle fed.
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Tai Shan
China
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Zoo
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Smithsonian
Boaters map Pacific garbage zone cleanup plan unfolds
Ocean Starr sails from San Francisco with 15 researchers mapping vast Pacific plastic debris. Led by Boyan Slat, the team aims to quantify the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, test a 1 mile barrier near Japan, and eventually build a 60 mile system to skim surface waste while ocean life and currents pass beneath.
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Los Angeles
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Odessa Man Juan Hinojos 70 Dies Following Illness
Juan De Dios Hinojos 70 of Odessa died August 21 2015 at home. Born March 28 1945 in Coyame Mexico he was a Seventh Day Adventist and husband to Eva Hinojos. He worked for Leslie Pierce Construction and G and G Vacuum, enjoyed hunting fishing and camping, and cherished family including eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral August 25 at 10 AM at Van Horn Seventh Day Adventist Church with burial in Van Horn Cemetery. Acres West Funeral Chapel entrusted with arrangements.
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van Horn
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G & G Vacuum
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Johnny
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Anjelica Martinez
Jesse Abalos
Francisco Hinojos
Mirage
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Maria Arias
Angleton
Delia Franco
San Antonio
Lilia Tarango
Nati Franco
Houston
7Th Day Adventist Church
Selene Solis
Acres West Funeral Chapel
Acreswestfuneral.com
Death Notice Ramon L Subia 78 Odessa
Ramon L Subia 78 died Aug 20 2015 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa Funeral services set for 10 am Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church Rev Hilary Shedioha to officiate Burial at Ector County Cemetery Peaceful Garden Section Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home He was born in Alpine worked as a delivery driver in the oil field He survived by sons Ramon Subia Jr Gary Subia Smiley Subia Odessa. Larry Subia Houston. Lupe Subia Katy. daughters Maryann Subia Monica Luna Adriana Sanchez Lili Subia Odessa. brothers Frank Chuco Subia Odessa Manuel Maya Subia California. sisters Estella Guerra Laredo Celia Zapata Wichita Falls. 16 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren.
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Ector County
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Alpine
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Gary Subia
Smiley Subia
Larry Subia
Houston
Lupe Subia
Katy
Maryann Subia
Monica S. Luna
Adriana Sanchez
Lili Subia
Frank “Chuco” Subia
Manuel “Maya” Subia
California
Estella Guerra
Laredo
Celia Zapata
Wichita Falls
Odessa residents Earnest Chapman and Esperanza Olivas die
Earnest Rolland Chapman, 94, of Odessa, died Sunday, August 23, 2015, at home. Services are pending with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Esperanza Olivas, 92, of Odessa, died Saturday, August 22, 2015, at home. Funeral arrangements are with Odessa Funeral Home.
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Earnest Rolland Chapman
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Esperanza Olivas
Odessa Funeral Home
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